Thinking of coming to the No Farms No Food rally on March 13th, 2013? Learn to lobby with environmental lobbyist and consultant, Jeff Jones! HRN's Leah Eden and Erin Fairbanks call up Jeff to discuss lobbying strategies. Who should rally participants expect to meet, and how should one engage a senator or representative? Listen in to hear Jeff talk about the importance of participating in direct democratic actions, and why a diversity of voices need to be heard at Albany. If you're headed to the state capital on March 13th, check out this segment, and know what to expect when you arrive at the rally! Thanks to our sponsor, Hearst Ranch.

Tune in to part one of our podcast series for an overview of the rally and part two to learn about AFT's top three priorities for the rally.

"This is one way to be directly engaged in democracy, and there are a lot of people coming through Albany this time of year- especially because they're making decisions about the state budget." [4:15]

"If you can establish a human connection, you go a long way toward opening the channel of communication." [20:45]

-- Jeff Jones on No Farms, No Food Rally

The State of Cheese Series continues! Tune in as Anne Saxelby and Sophie Slessinger explore cheese in the great state of North Dakota. First, they speak with Gary Hoffman, Executive Director of the North Dakota Dairy Coalition. Gary talks about some incentives the state offers such as interest reduction and tax breaks for dairy farmers, and discusses the history of dairy in his state. Later on the show, Anne & Sophie are joined by JW Schroeder of North Dakota State University Extension Service who speaks about land grant systems, eduction and research programs. This episode was sponsored by Heritage Foods USA

The farm is the oldest organic farm in the state of Missouri, and possibly even west of the Mississippi. Settled in 1883, the 3rd generation is now 89 years old, with no one to carry on the farm. Surrounded by a low-income neighborhood, this 14 acre farm has resisted the surrounding development and an experienced tenant farmer on the land says that it\'s the best soil he\'s ever seen. This week's guest on Greenhorn Radio is Molly Rockamann of EarthDance Farms. EarthDance takes a unique approach to small-scale farming in that it fuses the celebration of art and music with organic farming education on the land. The five year plan includes an artist-in-residence program as well as a musician-in-residence program on the property. This season arts and music will be grown on the farm via an Open Space - Open Studio program, inviting local artists and musicians of all types to come on the farm to create together.